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2003 UEFA Regions' Cup UEFA Regions' Cup Germany 2003 Host country Germany Dates 22 June – 28 June Teams 8 Champions Piedmont (1st title) Runners-up Maine
International football competition
The 2003 UEFA Regions' Cup was the third UEFA Regions' Cup . It was held in Germany and won by the Piedmont team from Italy , which beat France 's Maine 2–1 in the final.
Preliminary round
The 40 teams entered were drawn into ten groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches:
Group 1 – Azerbaijan
Group 2 – Belgium
Group 3 – Croatia
Group 4 – Estonia
Group 5 – Hungary
Group 6 – Lithuania
Group 7 – Netherlands
Group 8 – Slovakia
Group 9 – Slovenia
Group 10 – Sweden
Six group winners qualified automatically, while the winners of four randomly drawn groups took part in a playoff for the two remaining places in the final tournament.
Group 1
19 September 2002
Imathia
2 – 1
Tbilisi
Göyazan
1 – 0
Pivdenstal
21 September 2002
Pivdenstal
7 – 0
Imathia
Tbilisi
1 – 5
Göyazan
23 September 2002
Pivdenstal
6 – 0
Tbilisi
Göyazan
5 – 1
Imathia
Group 2
15 November 2002
Nord
5 – 2
South-East
Asturias
7 – 0
Andorra
16 November 2002
South-East
1 – 2
Andorra
Nord
0 – 1
Asturias
18 November 2002
Andorra
0 – 4
Nord
South-East
0 – 5
Asturias
Group 3
25 September 2002
Slavonia
3 – 0
Luxembourg
Veliko Tarnovo
2 – 2
Maine
27 September 2002
Luxembourg
0 – 4
Veliko Tarnovo
Maine
2 – 2
Slavonia
29 September 2002
Slavonia
1 – 1
Veliko Tarnovo
Luxembourg
0 – 5
Maine
Group 4
9 September 2002
Kent
0 – 2
San Marino
South
2 – 5
Bohemia
11 September 2002
Kent
1 – 4
Bohemia
South
2 – 0
San Marino
13 September 2002
Bohemia
3 – 0
San Marino
South
1 – 4
Kent
Group 5
1 October 2002
Szabolcs
2 – 1
Israel
Montenegro
2 – 0
Chişinău
3 October 2002
Israel
3 – 1
Montenegro
Chişinău
1 – 4
Szabolcs
5 October 2002
Israel
2 – 1
Chişinău
Szabolcs
2 – 0
Montenegro
Group 6
21 September 2002
Małopolska
0 – 1
Württemberg
Tauragė
5 – 0
Brest
23 September 2002
Württemberg
5 – 1
Tauragė
Brest
0 – 1
Małopolska
25 September 2002
Brest
0 – 4
Württemberg
Małopolska
2 – 1
Tauragė
Group 7
16 October 2002
Northern Ireland
0 – 1
Algarve
Malta
1 – 2
Noord
17 October 2002
Algarve
3 – 0
Malta
Noord
2 – 0
Northern Ireland
19 October 2002
Noord
2 – 1
Algarve
Malta
0 – 4
Northern Ireland
Group 8
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Piedmont
3
2
1
0
6
1
+5
7
West
3
1
2
0
6
3
+3
5
Dacia
3
1
0
2
2
5
−3
3
Ural
3
0
1
2
2
7
−5
1
23 September 2002
Ural
0 – 2
Dacia
West
1 – 1
Piedmont
25 September 2002
Piedmont
2 – 0
Dacia
Ural
2 – 2
West
27 September 2002
Dacia
0 – 3
West
Ural
0 – 3
Piedmont
Group 9
17 September 2002
MNZ Murska Sobota selection
0 – 1
Ticino
Liechtenstein
0 – 4
Entity
19 September 2002
MNZ Murska Sobota selection
0 – 4
Entity
Liechtenstein
1 – 3
Ticino
21 September 2002
MNZ Murska Sobota selection
2 – 1
Liechtenstein
Ticino
4 – 2
Entity
Group 10
8 October 2002
Latvia
1 – 1
West Scotland
Republic of Ireland
0 – 1
Gothenburg
10 October 2002
Republic of Ireland
0 – 1
Latvia
West Scotland
0 – 4
Gothenburg
12 October 2002
West Scotland
0 – 4
Republic of Ireland
Latvia
0 – 0
Gothenburg
The intermediary playoffs were drawn at random when the preliminary groups were drawn. As there were ten groups but only eight places in the final tournament, four group winners had to play in the intermediary round. The winners of Group 2 were drawn to play the winners of Group 4, whilst Group 8 and Group 10's winners would play each other. The two legs were played in both competing teams' home regions.
First legs
19 March 2003
Piedmont
1 – 0
Gothenburg
16 April 2003
Bohemia
0 – 1
Asturias
Second legs
9 April 2003
Gothenburg
0 – 1
Piedmont
7 May 2003
Asturias
1 – 0
Bohemia
Final tournament
Germany was chosen to host the final tournament, with matches being played from 22 June to 28 June 2003.
Group stage
The six automatic preliminary group winners and the two intermediary playoff winners (Italy 's Piedmont and Asturias of Spain ) were drawn into two groups of four, with the two group winners advancing to the final.
Group A
22 June 2003
Württemberg
4 – 0
Ticino
Asturias
1 – 1
Piedmont
24 June 2003
Ticino
0 – 3
Piedmont
Württemberg
1 – 1
Asturias
26 June 2003
Ticino
1 – 0
Asturias
Piedmont
3 – 1
Württemberg
Group B
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Maine
3
2
0
1
12
6
+6
6
Szabolcs
3
2
0
1
15
8
+7
6
Noord
3
1
1
1
4
9
−5
4
Göyazan
3
0
1
2
5
13
−8
1
22 June 2003
Szabolcs
3 – 8
Maine
Noord
3 – 3
Göyazan
24 June 2003
Szabolcs
6 – 0
Noord
Maine
4 – 2
Göyazan
26 June 2003
Göyazan
0 – 6
Szabolcs
Maine
0 – 1
Noord (a )
Final
See also
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